12/14/15

The Best Cassettes of 2015 LIST ONLY

By Nathan G. O'Brien
Hey humanoids, what a year for the cassette tape, right? I mean, does it get any trendier? I'm no great philosopher (or even a mathematician) but by my estimation, aside from the trendiness, there are three reasons tapes exist in the year 2015.

A) they're cheap to produce. This makes it really easy for DIY punk and hardcore bands to get stuff out quickly, rather than wait on vinyl pressings that won't come out until after the band has broken up. B) old-school-minded rap fans love them because we love anything about rap that's archaic because we are stuck in the past. (But, I might add, not for lack of reason.) C) they're perfect for the bedroom producer, one-man band, zine-making weirdo types who want to create something--often times a mixtape or an annoyingly long noise composition--that's inexpensive and more aesthetically pleasing to the eyes than the dreaded CD-R.

Anyway, here's a list of my favorite tapes from the past 12 months. A narrowed, blurb-y edition should arrive any day now, but for the moment it's literally just a list.
UPDATE: You can now read the feature over at Tuff Gnarl.

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